Garment



C. 16 J. E. LAWRENCE GARMENT Filed May 5l 1921 {Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented @et ld, ldg,

earner JESSEE B. LdWRENCE, @F Litt @RGS-3E, WKSQONS.

Application led may-31, i921. terial No. i.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that ll, .inseln B. LAWRENCE, a citizen of the United States, residing at city ot La Crosse, in the county ot La Crosse and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Garment, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this invention is a garment adapted to be l applied to articles of male or 'female wear, for the purpose of protecting the same, and the invention aims to provide a simple garment of the sort specied which will adord a front reinforcement, knee reinforcements w and a belt, together with pockets, there being a minimum amount of stitching necessary, and the article being so constructed that it may be laid out flat for ironing.

lt is within the province of the disclosure im to improve generally and to enhance the utility of, garments of that sort to which the invention appertains.

The drawings show illustrative embodiments merely, and it is to be understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, a

tailor, cutter or bushelman may make alterations in the precise form depicted and described.v without departing from the spirit of the invention, m In the drawings z-Figure 1 shows in plan,

one form of garment constructed in accordance with the invention, and intendedl for male wear; Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a plan disclosing another form of garment constructed in accordance with the invention but intended for female wear; Fi re 4 is a cross section on the line 4-4 of igure 3.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the garment includes a body l having oppositely prolonged arm-forming tongues 2, and provided with oppositely prolonged extensions 3 and 4, disposed substantially at 'right angles to the tongues, the body 1 having a neck opening 5. A front reinforcement 6 is overlapped upon the body 1 and upon the extension 4 wh1ch latter terminates on the line 15. At its lower end, the reinforcement 6 is of substantially the same width as the extension 4, whereas, toward its upper end, the reinforcement is tapered and reduced in widthas shown clearly. in Figure 1. The reinforcement 6 is provided with a neel:- opening 7 registering with the neck-opening 5 of the body 1. The reinforcement 6 is severed at one end of the opening 7 to form tabs 16 which may be united about the neck of the wearer by buttons 1'? or securing elements of any other sort. Ilhe body i and the extension 3 are slit at 18, adjacent to the ends of the tabs 16, to form separable deps which are united by buttons 19 or securing elements of some other kind, one flap carrying a strip 20, extended beneath th other flap and providing a place of attachment for the buttons 19 or their equivalent. A. curved line of stitching 8 attaches l,the reinforcement 6 to the extension ,4 and forms pockets 9 between the reinforcement 6 on the -i one hand, and the part 4 on the other hand. rEhe reinforcement 6 has oppositeiy entende-d straps 10, forming a beit and adapted to be connected by a button button hole 21a, or in any other suitev A way--although if the straps 10 are cut enough, they may merely be tied together. The reinforcement 6 extends below the transverse edge 15 of the part 4, the reiniorcement. as well as the extension 3 being bifunfated as at 11. The urcations of the reinforceyment 6 may be folded upon themselves at 12 and be stitched down as at 22, to form double thick knee pads 14.

In practical operation, the garment is Y folded along the une A B, the neck 0f the 85 wearer extending through the registering openings 5 7, the tabs 16 being connected. The tongues 2 protect the shoulders and the arms. The slit 18 is closed, the resulting flaps being buttoned together. The extension 3 extends downwardly 'along the back, the extension 4 being located at the front of the wearer when in use. The legs of the wearer are covered by the bifurcations roduced at 11, the straps 10 being unite about the waist in the' form of a belt. The knee pads at 14 obviously are adapted to withstand wear at the places indicated by the name applied to them. The garment. superposed upon a shirt or coat, and trousers, will prevent soiling, tearing and general wear and will lengthen the life of vestments which, otherwise, would be unprotected.-

The modified form shown in Fi re 3 is adapted to be folded on the line- D and to be used in general as hereinbefore described. The garment under discussion is intended primarily for vfemale wear, and the parts 3a and 4 are not biurcated, parts hereinbefore described being designated by numerals previously used, with the suffix a, The reinforcement 6a may be a trifle narrower than the part 4, the members 6 and 4 being of approximately the same length. Two lines 8 of stitching may be employed for forming the pockets 9.

1.`A garment of the class described, comprising a body having opposltely prolonged arm-forming tongues, and provided with oppositely prolonged extensions disposed approximately at right angles -to the tongues, the body havin a neck-opening; a front reinforcement app led to the body and one extension and having, a `neck-opening registerin with the nec opening of the body; an stitching uniting the reinforcement with said extension and forming a ocket between said extension on the one hand and the reinforcement on the other hand.

2. A gement of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim 1, and further characterized by the fact that the reinforcement is provided with oppositely-extended, belt-forming straps.

3. A garmentof the class described, constructed as set forth in claim 1, and further characterized by the factv that the other extension and the reinforcement are bifurcated, one pair of said bifurcations having theil` free ends folded inward to form doublethick knee pads. f

4. ln a garment'of the class described, a body having oppositely prolonged armforming tongues, and provided with oppositely prolonged extensions disposed substantially at right angles to the ton es, the body having a neck opening, a ront reinforcement overlapped on the body and on one extension, the vreinforcement extending beyond the transverse edge of said extension, and provided with a neck opening registering with the neck opening of the body, the reinforce-ment being severed at one end of the opening therein to form tabs, and mea-ns for connect-ing the tabs, the reinforcement being stitched to said extension along a curved line to form a pocket.

'ln testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JESSIE B. LAWRENCE.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR T. HOLMES, Cnonm A. RYAN. 

